RANT
Rant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ranting.] Etym:
[OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]
Defn: To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher. Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! Shak.
RANT
Rant, n.
Defn: High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. Atterbury.
RANTER
Rant"er, n.
1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; — called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; — so called in contempt.
RANTERISM
Rant"er*ism, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: The practice or tenets of the Ranters.
RANTINGLY
Rant"ing*ly, adv.